Gym Etiquette

Don't Be Gross

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The difference between riding a bicycle outside with friends and sharing machines inside with strangers is that on a bike your sweat wicks and dissipates into the air, you sneeze into your own glove, and that rumble down under barely lingers long enough for you to have to fess up to it. In a gym, this all changes. Your sweat drips off the tip of your nose and pools underneath the stationary bike; the hand you use to catch coughs touches dumbbells and machine handles; and the cloud of gas you leave at the shoulder press hovers and waits for its first victim. Though the only healthy way to avoid the latter is to excuse yourself to the outdoors, the first two are a matter of good hygiene. Carry a towel or use the provided sanitizer dispensers to clean up sweat and wipe down machines before and after you use them.